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The new regulation, set by the California Air Resources Board, will stop the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles in California. ... meet state smog laws in order to be registered in California.
The American flag stands against the backdrop of a smoggy Los Angeles in 1972. The California Smog Check Program is an attempt to reduce smog in California. The California Smog Check Program requires vehicles that were manufactured in 1976 or later to participate in the biennial (every two years) smog check program in participating counties. [1]
This regulation is the next step to help the Air Resources Board achieve their goal to reduce diesel particulate matter. With the new amendments in place, diesel emissions are estimated to be 68 percent lower than they would be without the regulation, and emissions of the smog-forming pollutant, nitrogen oxide, will be 25 percent lower. [1]
more than 2 model years old to 24 model years old; motorcycles, diesel-powered, and automobiles 25 model years or older exempt from emission testing – includes motor vehicles registered as an Antique or Classic under Texas law (either displaying state-mandated vanity license plate or vintage-era license plates (this also includes past general ...
While California waits for the EPA to act, more than 1,200 trucks have obtained new registrations to move cargo at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this year; 90% run on diesel.
In the last four years, California has adopted some of the nation's most innovative air regulations, including a ban on new gasoline-powered car sales by 2035 and a prohibition against diesel ...
[3]: §2020(a) The Fleet Rule effectively shifted most agencies off diesel fuel. A similar regulation (13 CCR §2022) [4] was issued in 2005 to cover trucks owned by public agencies and utilities, [5] and expanded via 13 CCR 2025/2027 [6] as the 2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule to all diesel-fueled trucks and buses in California. [7]
State regulators are facing backlash for a proposed regulation to phase out the sale of new diesel trucks by 2040. A future without diesel big rigs? California air board writing new clean-truck rules